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www.ticketspyer.com . I got some inspiration for this webapp a few months ago here on HN, someone had built something similar for another city, my webapp is for DC only. Basically only useful if you frequently park in DC. If you provide your vehicle information and an email address, it will periodically check the DMVs online parking ticket system to see if you have a ticket, and if you do it'll email you a reminder about it. Just another small hobby project, still not a web designer as you can see. Would appreciate any feedback.

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jacquesm
How would it be possible not to know a ticket has been issued for your vehicle?

Neat idea though, it would be great if you could do it nationwide, and even more interesting, worlwide.

tickethint.com is still free, you might want to grab that, it's a bit shorter and easier to remember.

fname
How would it be possible not to know a ticket has been issued for your vehicle?

Trust me... in DC, it's pretty easy.

djb_hackernews
It's more of a reminder service. On more than one occasion I've forgotten about tickets, and once they are 30 days old, the fine doubles.

So now you'll get an email, and the email has a link to pay online.

smokey_the_bear
In SF I saw some people take tickets off of other people's cars and put them on their own, in the idea of fooling the metermaid into thinking they already had tickets. You'd get a notice in the mail in a few days though.